New Power: Multiple Lives

[Trakx]

I'm going to post a series of powers that were listed on Dan Hamilton's MSHAG game book compilation. I can't be sure this power, and others that I will post, are by him or that he found them by someone else and added it to the file. I - and him, too, I'm sure - would love feedback on them.

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MULTIPLE LIVES
Trump Suit: Strength
Exemplars: Nero
Related Powers: Immortality

Your hero is able to completely regenerate his or her physical body shortly after the apparent moment of death. This regeneration only occurs when the hero is truly and completely dead, not just in a coma or near death. The moment the hero dies, his or her body will fade away to nothingness, and the life force will then drift to a reasonably safe location and begin regenerating a new body (this will occur even if the hero has been completely reduced to his or her component atoms). This reconstitution process takes several hours to complete, during which the hero is unconscious in a dream-like state. Once the hero's body (which is identical to the previous one, including scars and tattoos) is fully formed (any lost limbs will also be recreated), he or she wakes up with all the memories up to the point of death. Note: Only the hero is recreated, clothes and equipment are left wherever the old body died. The hero is reduced to 0 Edge and all ability scores and power intensities are halved due to the strain of coming back from the dead. Full values are restored after one week.
Note: If the hero has the Gemini power and it is active, then both versions of the hero must be killed before Multiple Lives will activate. Unfortunately, there is a limit to the number of times that someone can defy death. When this power is selected, draw a card and add five to the value of the card. This is the number of times that this power will function. Once the last life has been used up, the hero dies permanently. This power costs 10 points in hero creation. Its intensity is always 10.

Stunt--Invulnerability to Disease: Your hero gains Invulnerability to Disease.

Stunt--Raising the Dead: Your hero may bring dead mortals back to life. However, doing so will use up one of the hero's remaining lives each time it is done.

Stunt--Instant Resurrection: With this stunt the hero's rebirth takes only an aura duration at the safe location instead of several hours and the hero is restored to his or her full Edge, health, ability and power scores immediately.

[Trakx]

I think this would be a great limit to Immortality.

Limit: Multiple Lives: Your hero can defy death, but only for so many times. Draw a card apon gaining this power. This is the number of times your hero can die before being declared "permanently dead".

[syzygy]

I don't see the point to this power when we could just incorporate the power of Serial Immortality from Classic Marvel's Ultimate Powers Book.

Each version of Serial Immortality listed there is a separate power stunt: Newborn, Premade, Spontaneous Creation, Reanimation, and Parasite.

Why introduce this power rather than that one?

[xhumed]

It's just a name. why not call this one serial immortality and use these rules? For real fun. when I character goes through to 'the next life' change them slighlty by pulling a card and applying it to the reincanration table elswhere on this site. That's REALLY WEIRD. I've got new charcter joining our group who has no idea he's got this power. The first time he dies he's gonna be really worried.

[oninowon]

The rules as written is just too similar to immortality. With immortality, you also regenerate lost limbs. The only difference is the "special effects" of coming back into existence and immortality is broad enough to let a player choose the way in which he re-enters the physical world without putting it as a limit or stunt. Of course, if a player wants to come back to life with different abilities or powers then he would need to make a game rule in the form of a stunt or limit. If the player would like to come back by his body fading and reappearing than there is no need for an additional stunt or limit.

[Trakx]

As I was going through my old roleplaying books last night I discovered where he came up with this power - it's a adaption from Heroes Unlimited.

Actually, a number of the powers he came up with seem to be. Not that it's bad, just that he never put a disclaimer as to where they came from - so all this time I thought he invented them.